Julian said:
I think it is possible to only allow incoming e-mails from
addresses on you own address book is this correct and how
do I set this up.
Define the rule:
- Apply this rule after message arrives:
sender is in <contacts1> folder
stop processing more rules
- Apply this rule after message arrives:
sender is in <contacts2> folder
stop processing more rules
- (repeat this rule)
- Apply this rule after message arrives:
move to <junk> folder
stop processing more rules
If the sender is in your contacts1 folder (e.g., Contacts) their e-mail
stays in your Inbox. If the sender is not in any of your contacts-type
folders, the last or fall-through rule moves it to your junk/spam. I
would recommend against [permanently] deleting e-mails in the
fall-through rule since it is possible you will get e-mails from people
you do not know but that you want to keep or read. Actually the
fall-through rule should be several more rules to check if the e-mail is
whitelisted (like for newsletters to which you subscribe), spam,
untrusted, or some other criteria.
If you only have one contacts-type folder, like Contacts, then you can
use just the one rule:
- Apply this rule after message arrives:
move to <junk> folder
except if sender is in Contacts folder
stop processing more rules
This junks all incoming e-mails except if the sender is listed in your
Contacts folder. I do not know if the sender must have an e-mail
address in their Contacts record. I would assume that the match on
sender would be on their e-mail address and not on their name, so you
probably must have an e-mail address specified in the record for that
contact.
